The Natural History Museum is replacing Dippy the Diplodocus with the real skeleton of an 83 foot blue whale.
Hintze Hall in the Natural History Museum has been the place that many of us Londoners get the most nostalgic about. It’s been the backdrop to many a school trip and summer’s day out, but it’s always been the giant dinosaur that’s kept us coming back. (Find more brilliant museums in London.)
In an effort to get the first parts of the blue whale into the hall, conservators had to remove all doors in the museum to fit the 25-metre wide skull into place. That’s one big ole head …
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